The Andress Eagles crushed the El Paso Tigers' playoffs hopes by outscoring the Tigers in a 62-41 shootout Friday night at Jones Stadium.

"I told our team that the Tigers were a good team and a tough team, and that this game was for the Tigers playoff hopes," Eagles head coach Patrick Brown said.

The Tigers proved just how tough they could be scoring 27 points on the Eagles in the first half. The Tigers were led by running back Omar Rojero, who rushed for three of his five touchdowns in the first half, and quarterback Bryant Wolf, who connected with brother Trey Wolf on a 31-yard touchdown pass. Tigers' kicker Jonathan Ramirez was 3-for-4 on the extra points.

But, the Eagles would respond with 23 points of their own in the first half, more than enough to keep them in this game.

Andress quarterback Tom Klimansky threw two touchdown , one for 49 yards, another for 27, and kicker Brandon Bautista not only went 2-for-3 on extra points, but added a 42-yard field goal. The Eagles' Elden Coleman also contributed to the cause on a 62-yard kickoff return, enough to trim that Tiger halftime lead to 27-23.

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"Coach told us that our seniors needed to step up," Klimansky said. "So, in the second half we did just that.",

The Eagles' Eddie Senegal would finally get into the show scoring three second-half touchdowns. The first came on a 58-yard punt return, and next two were on 50 and 33 yard touchdown tosses from Klimansky.

The Tigers would score twice in the second half , but it was nowhere near enough.